[Archivesspace_Users_Group] Using Arabic or right-to-left scripts in AS title field

[Bradley Bauer]

Thanks very much, Blake.

So at this point, should we just sit tight, knowing that the issue is under
review?

Best,

Brad

On Mon, Mar 8, 2021 at 5:34 PM Blake Carver <blake.carver at lyrasis.org>
wrote:

> There is a JIRA here about providing better support for right-to-left
> (RTL) scripts, ideally bi-directional text
>
>
> https://archivesspace.atlassian.net/jira/software/c/projects/ANW/issues/ANW-1144
>
> And another about Hebrew characters printed left-to-right in staff-side
> PDFs
>
>
> https://archivesspace.atlassian.net/jira/software/c/projects/ANW/issues/ANW-1195
> ------------------------------
> *From:* archivesspace_users_group-bounces at lyralists.lyrasis.org <
> archivesspace_users_group-bounces at lyralists.lyrasis.org> on behalf of
> Bradley Bauer <bdb3 at nyu.edu>
> *Sent:* Monday, March 8, 2021 12:41 AM
> *To:* Archivesspace Users Group <
> archivesspace_users_group at lyralists.lyrasis.org>
> *Subject:* Re: [Archivesspace_Users_Group] Using Arabic or right-to-left
> scripts in AS title field
>
> Hello all,
>
> I am interested in this as well, as I have wanted to enter Arabic titles
> of documents or printed items (such as ephemera or printed material) in
> their own script, and not just as transliterated text, where possible.
>
> Over the months, I have experienced a couple of things when doing so,
> either in the title field, or in notes.
>
> On one level, having both the Arabic and Latin script in the same field
> won't work, left-to-right and right-to-left texts don't share fields very
> well.  That led me to start using the "notes" field at the file level, so I
> could put an alternate form of the title below, and see whether it
> displays.  I tried this initially using English in the title field, and
> Arabic in the note (although one could do the reverse as well).  The first
> time I tried that, when I created a preview copy, it gave me just hash-tag
> symbols instead of Arabic text.  Recently when I tried again, I got Arabic
> letters, but separated, and only in their initial form, not the medial or
> final forms of the letters (using the correct form is critical in Arabic
> text, which has three forms based on the placement of a given letter within
> a word).  So the display in Arabic would read something like this:
> A-R-A-B-I-C_T-E-X-T.
>
> If there are some well-proven work-arounds for that, it would be really
> helpful to know.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Brad Bauer
> NYU Abu Dhabi Library
>
>
> On Sun, Mar 7, 2021 at 2:23 AM Jasmine Soliman <jasmine.soliman at nyu.edu>
> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I'd like to connect with anyone who is currently using, or experimenting
> with, Arabic or r-t-l script in the title field of AS. We've had mixed
> results with punctuation/typographical symbols when trying to include both
> English and Arabic in the title, so I'd like to connect with anyone working
> on this.
>
> Best regards,
> Jasmine
> jasmine.soliman at nyu.edu
>
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Archivesspace_Users_Group mailing list
> Archivesspace_Users_Group at lyralists.lyrasis.org
> http://lyralists.lyrasis.org/mailman/listinfo/archivesspace_users_group
>
>
>
> --
> Brad Bauer
> Librarian for Archives and Special Collections
> New York University Abu Dhabi
> PO Box 129188
> Saadiyat Island
> Abu Dhabi, UAE
> e-mail:  bdb3 at nyu.edu
> phone:  +971 2 628 7335
>
> _______________________________________________
> Archivesspace_Users_Group mailing list
> Archivesspace_Users_Group at lyralists.lyrasis.org
> http://lyralists.lyrasis.org/mailman/listinfo/archivesspace_users_group
>


-- 
Brad Bauer
Librarian for Archives and Special Collections
New York University Abu Dhabi
PO Box 129188
Saadiyat Island
Abu Dhabi, UAE
e-mail:  bdb3 at nyu.edu
phone:  +971 2 628 7335
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lyralists.lyrasis.org/pipermail/archivesspace_users_group/attachments/20210308/06bb35b7/attachment.html>